Generating better energy indicators: Addressing the existence of multiple scales and multiple dimensions

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-53

  Sorman, Alevgul H ^a   Giampietro, Mario ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic Energy Intensity; Energetic metabolism; Energy carriers; Multi scale energy accounting; MuSIASEM; Primary energy sources; Societal metabolism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ENERGY; ENERGETIC METABOLISM; ENERGY CARRIERS; MULTISCALES; MUSIASEM; PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE; SOCIETAL METABOLISM;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

METABOLISM;

BIOENERGETICS; BIOPHYSICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENERGY; METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

EID: 82955246703     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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